CSU-LSAMP recognizes the need to ensure graduate program matriculation of a larger number of its own LSAMP graduates and to work collaboratively with the national LSAMP community to ensure graduate program matriculation of a larger number of the 25,000+ baccalaureate degree recipients produced by LSAMP institutions. To address this need, CSU-LSAMP was provided NSF support for ten “Bridge to the Doctorate” activities with the most recent funding (HRD-1246662) cycle which began in Fall 2012 at Cal State LA.

San Francisco State University (SFSU) served as the site for two of the BD activities (BD-1 and BD-4) and California State University, Los Angeles served as the site for six of the BD activities (BD-2, BD-3, BD-5, BD-6, BD-8, and BD-10) and is proposed host to BD-10 beginning in Fall 2014. California State University, Northridge (CSUN) served as the graduate institutional site for BD-7 and BD-9.

Specifically, the projects provide each student a substantial stipend (currently $30,000/year) for up to two years and provide an institutional allowance of $10,500/student/year for up to two years for educational costs.

In addition, the projects provide a focused program of educational and personal support, including:

orientation to and advising in the Masters program;

intensive mentoring of research at the Masters level;

a workshop series and writing support;

teaching internship experiences;

support of conference participation;

community activities; and

facilitating linkages to Ph.D. Programs and their NSF programs (e.g. AGEP and GRFP) which can provide support during the third year and beyond.

*Bridge to the Doctorate Activities are contingent upon annual funding from the National Science Foundation.

CSU-LSAMP is funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant #HRD-1302873 and the Chancellor's Office of the California State University